Amazing how still many of those developers post things like "Hey Elon Musk, something broke, please help us" rather than "Hey all, Elon Musk once again fucked with the system we're paying $42,000 / month to use, and there is nobody at Twitter we can even talk to".
If you're willing to pay 42k then you're probably running a business and need to maintain a relationship with Twitter. Taking shots at their owner, regardless of how you feel about them, probably won't give you the outcome you want.
It's easy to do the right thing when you have nothing to lose. It's a different story when your job is on the line.
They would have to be a business relying on Twitter for an important function. A lot of developers are in a difficult position, especially if they decided to use social media sign-ins. They need time to develop an alternative and to allow users to change their login method. But many users won't care and will ultimately just stop using the service. The developer may decide to keep paying as opposed to losing a part of their user base.
Users: I don't want to sign up for a new account on yet another website! I absolutely refuse. Developer: OK I've added social media sign in, but you should really sign up and link your social media account to a website account that I control as a backup. Users: That's OK, this is good enough. Twitter Changes API Policy Developer: You should really change over to a website account now. I can't afford the API bill. Users: No. I'm happy with Twitter sign in. This is your problem not mine. Please change the laws of the universe so they don't inconvenience me. This is all your fault by the way and you're a terrible person. Developer: ....
From these collapses of Twitter API, I learned that API developer must work standing on free and open mind for other developers using the API, even if he/she joins commercial enterprise.
They've had this mostly locked out for a while. Certain direct links you could click but that's about it. The links they sent in their emails didn't work without a login.
You're not a "content creator". You're a set of demographic data to be matched against LAL campaigns. Why should they open the site - and thus the ad spend - to anyone who isn't being targeted? That's what the platform is, it's a way to show ads to people who give up their demo data. I'd imagine non-account users have a very low conversion rate, so don't bother spending on them. Therefore, put up the wall so that if they want to see things on the platform, they have to agree to the ads as well
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